SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
Please note that the author of Speak Your Vues is in no way affiliated with the publisher of this paper. The author of this column is an independent third party…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
Please note that the author of Speak Your Vues is in no way affiliated with the publisher of this paper. The author of this column is an independent third party…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
Please note that the author of Speak Your Vues is in no way affiliated with the publisher of this paper. The author of this column is an independent third party…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
Please note that the author of Speak Your Vues is in no way affiliated with the publisher of this paper. The author of this column is an independent third party…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
Please note that the author of Speak Your Vues is in no way affiliated with the publisher of this paper. The author of this column is an independent third party…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
Please note that the author of Speak Your Vues is in no way affiliated with the publisher of this paper. The author of this column is an independent third party…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
Please note that the author of Speak Your Vues is in no way affiliated with the publisher of this paper. The author of this column is an independent third party…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
EDAN ALEXANDER Dear Vues Master, Hodu L’Hashem Ki Tov – Thank You, Hashem! With full gratitude, I thank the Almighty for the miracu- lous release of Edan Alexander. After 584…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
POLITICIANS Dear Vues Master: I’m deeply concerned about politicians visiting shuls on Shabbos as part of their campaigns. Andrew Cuomo’s appearance last Shabbos at Congregation Shaare Zion in Brooklyn is…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
BEN GVIR EATS DINNER AT ESSEN DELI Dear Vues Master: Last Thursday night was absolutely electric on Avenue J as Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir made a surprise…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
CHILDREN COMING HOME FOR PESACH Dear Vues Master, There’s a well-known Pesach joke about a man who calls his son that I’d like to share with your readers. It’s an…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
THE UNACCEPTABLE CONSEQUENCES OF RECKLESS DRIVING Dear Vues Master, Everyone I know this past weekend was crying and deeply upset about the tragic accident that occurred this past Shab- bos…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
DISCRIMINATION Dear Vues Master, I am deeply appalled and outraged by the recent incident involv- ing Yisroel Liebb on a United Airlines flight from Tulum to New York. The details…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
FLIGHTS Dear Vues Master, United Airlines has resumed flights to Israel, becoming the first American airline to do so after suspending opera- tions due to the Israel-Hamas conflict. The airline…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
BEST IGROS Dear Vues Master, Last week’s fun question in The Jewish Vues about your favorite Igros Moshe was a classic — absolutely fantas- tic. My rebbe brought it to…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
UNMASKING HAMAS Dear Vues Master People are shocked and outraged at the horrific way Hamas returned the Bibas (not confirmed) & Lifshitz bodies, in locked coffins with no keys, sick…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
SHAIMOS Dear Vues Master, Please be aware that in Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt”l’s article last week, titled “The Custom that Refused to Die” on page 74, there was a picture…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
CARING Dear Vues Master, Last Motzei Shabbos, as the snow stopped falling close to midnight, I looked out my window and saw a “Malach” on my block. Lo and behold,…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
EGG PRICES Dear Vues Master The price of eggs has skyrocketed lately, mainly due to the bird flu outbreak that has wiped out millions of chickens. The local groceries are…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
WAR Dear Vues Master: Klal Yisrael is in the midst of fighting a very serious and challenging war. It is the Milchemes HaYetzer. We are all in turmoil over the…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
NEW AIRLINE FLYING TO ERETZ YISRAEL Dear Vues Master It’s about time! Baruch Hashem, the airline Arkia announced tahis past Monday that it has launched a new flight route be-…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
CARTER’S LEGACY Dear Vues Master I just read this in the National Review & I couldn’t agree more. Jimmy Carter’s true legacy is one of economic misery at home and…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
FYI MESSAGE FROM R EFREM GOLDBERG Dear Vues Master: If you wouldn’t buy something at Trader Joe’s or anywhere without confirming the hechsher is recommended, don’t sign up for a…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
MEAT DONUTS Dear Vues Why are they putting meat in donuts? YL Vues Master’s Notes: They put meat in challahs, so why not in donuts? GIFT Dear Vues Master: Should…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
AMEN Dear Vues Master: I wanted to write about a phenomenon that I have witnessed for some time. Many people in shul an- swer with an Amen “chatuf” – a…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
TEACHERS Dear Vues Master: There’s an issue that I don’t see published enough in the local papers. It’s the issue of teachers not being paid on time. As a teacher…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
SMART PHONES IN YESHIVA Dear Vues Master, This took place in a well known top elementary yeshiva in Brooklyn. There was a third grade teacher who wanted to take a…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
EL AL PRICE & PROFITS SOAR Dear Vues Master El Al, reported an all-time high in profits for the July-to-Sep- tember period, generating $1 billion in revenue. This surge was…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
HUCKABEE CHANNELS GOLDA MEIR Dear Vues Master When former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambas- sador-designate to Israel, appears at his Senate confirmation hearing, he’s sure to run into…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
CHANGE AT THE NY TIMES Dear Vues Master: The New York Times has quietly corrected a false statement about “Israeli occupation” that it used repeatedly earlier this year. The change…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
MAMA Dear Vues Master: This coming Tuesday is the yahrzeit of Rachel Imanu. Mama Rachel was the quintessential mother. Mama Rachel was the mother of all Jews. Her life was…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
MUSIC Dear Vues Master: I love davening. I love davening over the yom tovim even more. I’m undecided as to whether I enjoy the concerts chazanim have been giving in…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
YOM KIPPUR Dear Vues Master: I heard a super nice thought on Yom Kippur. My rabbi, Rabbi Rosner shared it. You see, on Yom Kippur, one of the most common…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
OCTOBER 7 Dear Vues Master: Last year, October 7 joined the short list of those dates which will live in infamy and is thus being noted and commemorated by Jews…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
LOSS OF RABBI ZUCKER Dear Vues Master: This past weekend we lost a Torah gem. My son was very close to the Rav & he will be missed by all…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
KOCHI VEOTZEM YADI Dear Vues Master: To what degree should we acknowledge the efforts of the IDF and Mossad in the successful operation over the past few days? Obviously, we…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
SHAIMOS Dear Vues Master: Please be aware that in Rabbi Efrem Goldbergs article called “Missing Apologies to the Hostages” it has Hashem’s name. Please tell your readers to take out…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
TRAFFIC Dear Vues Master: The traffic is back!! The entire summer I was in Brooklyn & it was so easy to find a spot in Boro Park. This past weekend,…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
DEATH OF HOSTAGES Dear Vues Master: Our hearts are shattered over Hamas’ cruel murders of the six hostages – Ori Danino, Carmel Gat, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alex Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
CAMP TIPS Dear Vues Master I can’t believe how much I had to spend this year on tips. I sent my 3 kids to different sleep away camps this summer….
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
A TIME FOR COMFORT? Dear Vues Master At the Democratic National Convention, we must hear strong support for Israel and the Jewish people from the nominee and the delegates. On…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
TISHA B’AV Dear Vues Master: The following is an inspirational letter that Rabbi Heber sent his talmidim to help them have a proper perspective this past Tisha B’av. Rabbi Moshe…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
ACCIDENTS Dear Vues Master: Klal Yisrael please listen. The amount of car accidents upstate this summer has increased drastically. Between people speeding and people not listening to the traffic laws…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
THE FIFTEEN SECOND DRASHA Dear Vues Master Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein relates about the previous Bobover Rebbe, Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, that he was a wellspring of sensitivity for all Jews, and…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
VISITING DAY Dear Vues Master This past Sunday was the first major visiting day of summer 2024. I went upstate to visit my children in two different camps & I…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
TRAFFIC Dear Vues Master Did everyone hit insane traffic this past Sunday night coming back from the Catskills? It took me over four hours to get back to Brooklyn &…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
MEGA UPSTATE GROCERY STORES Dear Vues Master The fact that there are 15 mega groceries upstate this summer just for the 10 weeks of the summer astonishes me. These grocery…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
THE LARGEST KOSHER PIZZA STORE IN THE WORLD Dear Vues Master Is it true that they are opening this week the largest kosher pizza store in the world in Monticello?…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
TOO MUCH MILCHIGS Dear Vues Master Is it just me or am I the only one that doesn’t enjoy eating so much milchigs on Shavuos? My wife insists on making…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
SHOMER YISHMAEL Dear Vues Master Everyone noticed that Schumer didn’t march this year at the Israeli Day Parade. He was booed at the Met Council breakfast before the parade. The…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
DAIRY Dear Vues Master: I can’t stand eating milchigs. My wife makes every Shavuos 4 milchig meals. Baked Ziti, Penne ala vodka, eggplant parmesan, cheesecake and many other dairy dishes….
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
LAG BA’OMER ON A SUNDAY Dear Vues Master Lag Ba’Omer was beautiful this year. The weather was great & everywhere you went in heimish Brooklyn there was either a bonfire,…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
HATZALTHON Dear Vues Master: Dear Friend, We are a group most comfortable operating behind the scenes, doing what we do, not stepping out into the limelight or writing letters. But…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
HAMAS Dear Vues Master: Hamas is holding American hostages (likely in Rafah) and rather than telling Israel, do whatever it takes, we will give you whatever you need to get…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
RABBI LIEFF INTERVIEW Dear Vues Master I just want you to know how much I enjoyed the article Ari Hirsch did on HaRav Moishe Tuvia Lieff shlita. We are very…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
EARTHQUAKE MEMES Dear Vues Master I was amazed at how many memes reached my phone within the first hour of the earthquake this past Friday. Some of them were really…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
SHABBOS LUNCH COMPANY Dear Vues Master If my shul on Shabbos morning ends at 11am & we invite company over for lunch, is it wrong to tell the company that…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN Dear Vues Master Please thank Councilwoman Inna Vernikov for her op-ed. So many people appreciate her efforts, even though they do so quietly. Chazak! PB Vues Master’s…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
THREE SELF HATING JEWS Dear Vues Master: Isn’t it sad that 3 big people in the United States government are self hating Jews? Blinken, Schumer & Sanders are all openly…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
CORRECTION VUES MASTER’S NOTE: WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO OUR ESTEEMED READERSHIP. THERE WAS A MISTAKE IN LAST WEEK’S KASHRUTH ARTICLE BY RABBI MOSHE ELEFANT ABOUT KOSHERING LIVER….
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
TURN OFF THE PHONES Dear Vues Master: So I’m davening Shacharis in my shteeble last week when it happened again. I was really getting into my Shemoneh Esrei with some…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
FREE MEDICAL SCHOOL Dear Vues Master This past Monday, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx received a $1 billion donation from Dr. Ruth Gottesman, former professor and chair…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
EMUNAH Dear Vues Master: There’s a famous vort from the Riminover, and he says that the Gemara in Shabbos tells us that at the end of our lives, we’re going…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
BRACHA Dear Vues Master: Is there a bracha someone should say when they hear the good news about the 2 hostages being rescued? When can one say the bracha? If…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
JV CHAYALIM LETTER CAMPAIGN Dear Vues Master My 3rd grade class two weeks ago wrote letters for the Chayalim in the Jewish Vues letter campaign. I just wanted to thank…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST Dear Vues Master This past Monday, we remembered the worst genocide the world has ever known; The Holocaust. We remember how a maniacal lunatic and his political…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
PAIN Dear Vues Master: A good friend of mine unexpectedly lost his wife. A couple months later we were golfing together, chatting about nothing. He asked what my dinner plans…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
SHTENDER Dear Vues Master: I want to bring attention to an issue that has been bothering me for a long time. I belong to a shul that is B’H busting…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
HELPING THE GRIEVING Dear Vues Master: Yesterday, I returned from Eretz Yisroel, and on the way back, I sat next to a fellow. We nodded a few times as we…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
TRIP TO ISRAEL Dear Vues Master: I heard over the weekend that someone asked Rav Hershel Schachter shlita whether they can use their maaser kesafim for a chizuk trip to…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
CLARITY Dear Vues Master I think by now, most of the civilized world has figured it out. They see clearly who the forces of evil are and who the creators…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
THE CHANUKAH GIFT Dear Vues Master I just read a great story by Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman that I wanted to share with your readers. It was a cool, crisp,…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
SHOMRIM Dear Vues Master: I just wanted to give a big public THANK YOU to Bob Moskowitz & Tzvi Weil and the entire Flatbush Shomrim for all they do. The…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL KIDS Dear Vues Master Hundreds of “radicalized” kids rampaged through the halls of a Queens high school this week for nearly two hours after they discovered a…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
CHANGE Dear Vues Master: I am sitting on a bus on the way to the rally in Washington & though the white hair on my head & face attest to…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
ON US NOW Dear Vues Master The generational trauma we Jews obviously feel, growing up as children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, is unspoken and maybe even undiagnosed or unknown….
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
MI KAMCHA YISRAEL Dear Vues Master We have a family member who’s a combat medic in an infantry unit. He’s been on the border of/in Gaza for weeks now, without…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
WHO GUARDS WHOM? Dear Vues Master: A teacher in a Chareidi school got a special call this week from an emotional woman who said she does not observe the Torah…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
OUR PART Dear Vues Master: Last night I participated in a Tefillah/Chizuk gathering at my shul. One Rav offered the following message which resonated with me. He said that while…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
DIFFICULT DAYS Dear Vues Master: We know that the Jewish people are in a very difficult situation. However, we can never despair or give up hope. As our enemies raise…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
WORRY Dear Vues Master: My wife didn’t come to shul on Shemini Atzeret and I was in a big dilemma. Should I tell her the horrible news going on in…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
KAPAROS WITH CHICKENS Dear Vues Master This past Thursday I went with my family to do Kaporos in the pouring rain. My family always enjoys this mitzvah. There was a…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
DEDI Dear Vues Master: Last week was the passing of popular singer Dedi Graucher. He was always so alive and so energetic. When he came on stage, you knew you…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
FLIGHT Dear Vues Master: L’Chaim Airlines announces boarding for flight 5784. Your luggage should contain only the best memories of 5783 The bad or sad moments should be deposited in…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
YOMIM NORAIM SEATING REQUEST FORM Dear Vues Master A shul in my neighborhood sent this letter out to their kehillah around a month ago & I thought your readers would…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
SIMCHAS Dear Vues Master: I hate to complain about going to simchas but am I the only one that can’t stand going to all these weekday weddings? Over this summer…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
END OF SUMMER Dear Vues Master: I can’t believe the summer is over! It was an awesome summer all around in the Catskills. Things seemed to be back to normal…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
TRUMP INDICTED AGAIN Dear Vues Master: Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia this past Monday, accused of scheming to illegally overturn his 2020 election loss in the…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
40TH ANNIVERSARY Dear Vues Master: I know that this week’s edition is the 40th anniversary edition of the Country Vues. I just want to say a big thank you to…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
MOTZEI SHABBOS NACHAMU CONCERTS Dear Vues Master It was amazing how so many Jewish music singers were in the Catskills this past Motzei Shabbos Nachamu at different colonies. I remember…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
KOSHER MEAT PRICE SKYROCKETS Dear Vues Master As of this past Monday prices on kosher meat products have skyrocketed due to a “drastic” price hike by a large wholesaler. In…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
MAJOR ISSUE AT GROCERIES THIS SUMMER Dear Vues Master Why are groceries & bakeries upstate not putting prices on the items they sell? This is becoming a new trend upstate…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
SPECIAL ASKANIM Dear Vues Master: I just want to give Askanim Abe Rosenberg & Abe Rutner and all of his helpers a big yasher koach for the JCC of Sullivan…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
PSA ANNOUNCEMENT Dear Vues Master: I was having a coffee in Dunkin Donuts upstate when a frum woman standing behind me was discussing which donut her daughter wanted. At this…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
BEING A POSITIVE LIGHT TO OTHERS Dear Vues Master: Referring back to an article placed in the Jewish Vues dur- ing the winter vacation exodus to Florida, Rabbi Efrem Goldberg…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
REBBE Dear Vues Master: It’s so sad that we lost another gadol last week. The Bostoner rebbe from Flatbush was loved by all. He was a tremendous talmud chacham &…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
ELDER ABUSE Dear Vues Master: An elderly Jew was brought to the hospital for treat- ment of issues involving fainting, high blood pressure, and diabetes. During his examination, the doctor…
SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER
PARADE Dear Vues Master: This past Sunday I took my family for the first time to the Israeli Day Parade. Overall I thought it was really nice. It just bothered…